This is because an earthquake-generated landslide can fall into the sound and turn it into a violent, long-lasting maelstrom ...

Earthquake-induced movement of the ocean floor most often generates tsunamis. If a major earthquake or landslide occurs close to shore, the first wave in a series could reach the beach in a few ...

Western Canada’s glacier melt is accelerating at an alarming rate because of human-caused climate change, according to a global study co-authored by one of B.C.’s top glaciologists. The findings, ...

Eventually, it collapses, perhaps shaken by a quake 5. The underwater landslides generate tsunami that head towards the Falkland Islands. Southern shores could witness 40m-high waves The submarine ...

The risk of undersea landslides and their potential to cause tsunamis along New Zealand’s east coast is being investigated by scientists aboard the German research vessel RV Sonne as part of a ...

“If these landslides happened again, we know they could cause devastating tsunamis,” Niwa marine geoscientist Dr Joshu Mountjoy said. “What we are trying to understand is where and when they ...

Footage shows the moment a landslide swept down a mountainside into Lake Garda, Italy. The landslide created large waves and disrupted traffic on roads near the town of Tremosine. Rescue teams ...